About the book: 2022 / The best royal biography of 2021 according to the Daily Mail. THE SUNDAY TIMES bestseller. A frank biography of the most controversial and scandalous couple of the twentieth century - former King Edward VIII and American divorcee Wallis Simpson. 1936. December. England. The newly-crowned King Edward VIII abdicates the throne for the sake of the woman he loves. Their relationship was accompanied by numerous scandals, which were supposed to end after the wedding. But, as history has shown, this was just the beginning. Historian Andrew Lowney dives into archives and interviews hitherto unknown to the general public, tearing off the masks from the ducal couple: sympathies for fascism and friendship with Hitler; secret documents about an attempt to recruit the Duke as a German spy, carefully hidden by Churchill; Edward's reluctance to solve the murder of his best friend while Windsor served as governor of the Bahamas; a full-blown feud with the British crown over the couple's financial misdeeds and public antics; Wallis' numerous love affairs in her marriage to a weak and pathetic husband. In "The Traitor King" the whole truth is revealed about the exile, flight and intrigues of the Duke of Windsor, who turned his back on his family and country for the sake of money and a sick passion for one woman. "Darkly irresistible... hundreds of stunning detail... captivating... damning portrait of the Windsors." – Daily Mail Book of the Week “Dynamically written and compulsively readable...” – E. N. Wilson, TLS “Meticulously researched.” – Spectator “Spectacular... compelling... modern. A must read for royals." – Evening Standard The book's publishing layout is saved in PDF A4 format.